The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-BeingOUP Oxford, 25. 9. 2008 - Počet stran: 376 The pursuit of happiness is a defining theme of the modern era. But what if people aren't very good at it? This and related questions are explored in this book, the first comprehensive philosophical treatment of happiness in the contemporary psychological sense. In these pages, Dan Haybron argues that people are probably less effective at judging, and promoting, their own welfare than common belief has it. For the psychological dimensions of well-being, particularly our emotional lives, are far richer and more complex than we tend to realize. Knowing one's own interests is no trivial matter. As well, we tend to make a variety of systematic errors in the pursuit of happiness. We may need, then, to rethink traditional assumptions about human nature, the good life, and the good society. Thoroughly engaged with both philosophical and scientific work on happiness and well-being, this book will be a definitive resource for philosophers, social scientists, policy makers, and other students of human well-being. |
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... people to do it with you ; and well nigh impossible to get other people to pay for it . By and large , progress and development are driven by tangibles . And if you have a problem with some proposed improvement , you will not likely get ...
... people to do it with you ; and well nigh impossible to get other people to pay for it . By and large , progress and development are driven by tangibles . And if you have a problem with some proposed improvement , you will not likely get ...
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... people jobs ; but in general it helped if your work connected with something that one of the faculty members , or at least someone in the profession , was working on , or at least knew something about . Things worked out in the end ...
... people jobs ; but in general it helped if your work connected with something that one of the faculty members , or at least someone in the profession , was working on , or at least knew something about . Things worked out in the end ...
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... people take very seriously the idea of making the world a better place, and I probably have more academic freedom here than I would at many secular institutions. Moreover, it seems to me incumbent for ethical theory to engage with people's ...
... people take very seriously the idea of making the world a better place, and I probably have more academic freedom here than I would at many secular institutions. Moreover, it seems to me incumbent for ethical theory to engage with people's ...
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... people ignorant or corrupt ? Are they under another's thumb ? Do they live with dignity ? How long do they live ? What are the bad days like ? What are the bad lives like , and how many of them are there ? So we need to know a lot more ...
... people ignorant or corrupt ? Are they under another's thumb ? Do they live with dignity ? How long do they live ? What are the bad days like ? What are the bad lives like , and how many of them are there ? So we need to know a lot more ...
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... people to puzzle about what it would mean to live in a sensible manner , to have the right priorities . What ... people's minds when they reflect about how they ought to live . They are , after all , largely what makes life worth ...
... people to puzzle about what it would mean to live in a sensible manner , to have the right priorities . What ... people's minds when they reflect about how they ought to live . They are , after all , largely what makes life worth ...
Obsah
THE NATURE OF HAPPINESS | 59 |
THE NATURE OF WELLBEING | 153 |
PURSUING HAPPINESS | 197 |
Afterword | 281 |
Notes | 283 |
Bibliography | 317 |
Index | 343 |
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